SINCE Disney announced in October that it is to release a new Star Wars trilogy there has been a steady queue forming of actors who want to return to the franchise.

Last weekend Samuel L Jackson said he wants to dust off the lightsaber and reprise his role as Jedi Master Mace Windu and now Ewan McGregor, 41, says he wants to return and has some ideas as to how his character Obi-Wan Kenobi can still feature, even though he’s dead.

Obi-Wan is a ghost by the end of the original movies so maybe he’ll be needed again

Ewan McGregor

“Obi-Wan is a ghost by the end of the original movies so maybe he’ll be needed again,” he says.